SportPesa closes operations in Kenya due to tax standoff
A man betting on European football games with a mobile phone at sports betting shop. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
The Betting firms said separately they had resorted to take the action after the taxes slapped on the industry made the business no longer viable.
With the shutdown of the two, more than 2,500 people who depend directly on the industry will be out of jobs in coming days as the government crackdown on the sector draws its first casualties.
